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Ff — l9 9 7 -a28 S -_21-- c) � <br /> RESOLUTION C 2 <br /> SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF <br /> THE ORANGE COUNTY DISABILITY AWARENESS COUNCIL <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council is a non-profit, <br /> volunteer citizens' action group dedicated to improving the quality of life <br /> for persons with disabilities in Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council seeks to promote <br /> opportunities for disabled citizens to work and live in an environment free <br /> of barriers imposed by architecture, attitude, and/or lack of opportunity; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council conducts annual <br /> ceremonies to recognize individuals,organizations, or groups who actively <br /> include in their services and programs people with disabilities; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council guides and educates the <br /> community about the Americans with Disabilities Act; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council,received the 1996 <br /> Governor's Trophy as the Most Outstanding Mayor's Committee in North <br /> Carolina by the N. C. Governor's Advocacy Council on Persons with <br /> Disabilities; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Disability Awareness Council won second place in the <br /> category of counties under 100,000 population in the National <br /> Organization on Disability's annual awards competition among 4,500 <br /> participants in the United States,which carries a cash award of$2,500; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, this is only the second time in the twenty-six year history of the National <br /> Organization on Disability that a North Carolina entity has been <br /> recognized. <br /> NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the ORANGE COUNTY BOARD <br /> OF COMMSSIONERS,congratulates the ORANGE COUNTY DISABILITY <br /> AWARENESS COUNCIL for its recognition as the State of North Carolina's Most <br /> Outstanding Mayor's Committee on Persons with Disabilities,for winning a second place <br /> award from the National Organization on Disability,and for its continuing efforts to <br /> improve the lives of the disabled citizens of Orange County. <br /> This, the 21 st day of May, 1997. <br /> William Crowther,Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />